Combined collar and tie.



C. T. KERSTETTER.

COMBINED COLLAR AND TIE. APPLICATION mm Nov. s. 19H.

1&59344. I I Patented Mar. 12, 1918.:

CLYDE T. KEBSTETTER, 0F BOUNDBROOK, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED COLLAR AND TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

7 Application filed November 5, 1917. Serial No. 200,324.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE T. Knnsrnr'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boundbrook, New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Collars and Ties, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to mens neckwear, and has for its main object to provide a combined collar and tie of novel construction which has all of the comfort and desirable characteristics of the conventional stock, but which presents the same appearance as a modern turn-down soft collar and a separate tie, the collar portion being reversible so as to produce a neck piece that comprises two collars of different colors or patterns.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my improved article of neokwear.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the same; and

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate the preferred form of my invention, A designates the body portion of the article that is adapted to surround the neck-band on the shirt of the wearer, and B designates collar portions which are connected to said body portion along the upper edge thereof and which are made to represent the usual turn-down portions of an ordinary soft collar. The body portion A is provided at its ends with extensions or portions C and 0, each of which forms one-half of the tie of the complete article. The tie portion 0 at the left hand side of Fig. 2 is connected to the body portion A at its top and bottom edges only, so as to form a slot or opening 1, through which the other extension or tie portion C on the opposite end of the body portion A is adapted to pass when the article is in its operative position on the neck of the wearer.

I prefer to provide the body portion A with front and back buttonholes 2 and 3, respectively, so that the article may be correctly positioned on the neck-band of the shirt of the wearer, and in the embodiment of my invention herein shown the body portion A is provided in its front side with a pocket 4 having an opening 5 through which a stiffening member 6 formed of celluloid,

In app ying the article, the buttonhole 2 is first positioned over the usual button in the front portion of the neck-band of the wearers shirt, the tie portions are then 'passed around the wearers neck and the tie portion C inserted through the slot 1. The back buttonhole 3 is then secured on the usual back collar button on the neck band of the wearers shirt, and the tie portions are thereafter brought around to the front and tied to form a bow or other form of tie. It is obvious that the tie portions could be made in various shapes and dimensions, so that ties of different character, such as bow ties, four-in-hands, etc., can be formed. After the tie portions have been partially tied together or tied to form the complete tie, the collar portions B are turned down over the body portion A and the tie portions, as shown in Fig. 1. The front corners b of the collar portions can be left free, as shown. The particular form of the collar portions B is immaterial, so far as my broad idea is concerned, as the shape of said portions could be varied greatly without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In practice I prefer to form the opposite sides of the body portion A and the alternate opposite sides of the collar portions B of materials having different characteristics as to color, texture, etc., thus enabling the article to be reversed, so as to present a collar of diflerent appearance, if desired. It is preferable to form one face of the body portion A and the opposite face of the collar portions B of the same material or de sign, so that when the article is in position on the wearer, the superimposed parts will be of the same design or texture.

With an article of the construction above described, it is possible for the wearer to enjoy all of the comforts and economies of the conventional stock and still have a neck piece that presents the same appearance as a modern turn-down soft collar with a separate tie. Furthermore, the article can be conveniently reversed, so as to present collars of different designs; it can be quickly and easily positioned on or removed from the neck of the wearer and it can be manu- A neck piece consisting of a body portiori provided at its opposite ends with tie portions that are adapted to be crossed at the rear side of the wearers neck and 10 brought forwardly around said body portion, collar portions secured to the upper edge of said body portion that are adapted to be folded downwardly over the parts of said tie portions that encircle said body portion, the opposite sides of said collar portions being ofdifit'erent colors, patterns or textureso as to enable said collar portions to be' reversed, button holes at the front .and'rear side of said body portion for enabling it to be secured to the neck band of the'wearers shirt, a pocket in said body portion located at the front side of same, and a stiffening member in said pocket.

CLYDE '1. KERZSTETTER.

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